"Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote in message news:ncpev8$51d$1...@news.albasani.net... > > "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverb...@xs4all.nl> wrote in message > news:56f03080$0$5924$e4fe5...@news.xs4all.nl... >> Op 21-03-16 om 17:51 schreef Adam: >>> "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> wrote in message >>> news:ncikss$tks$1...@news.albasani.net... >>>> >>>> Host OS: Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 LTS / Unity >>>> >>>> System crashed while using PyCharm / Python3. >>>> Booting takes forever and stuck at the purple screen with >>>> the Ubuntu logo and the five dots cycling. >>>> How to fix? >>>> >>> >>> So, I tried Ubuntu repair methods suggested here... >>> >>> How to Fix an Ubuntu System When It Won't Boot >>> http://www.howtogeek.com/196740/how-to-fix-an-ubuntu-system-when-it-wont-boot/ >>> GRUB Boot Loader is accessible but using the recovery mode did not help. >>> It hangs with "Loading extension GLX" but I forget which command I used. >>> >>> Then, I tried to... >>> >>> Reinstall Ubuntu While Keeping Files and Programs >>> >>> but, I am instead given the following options... >>> =========================================================== >>> This computer currently has Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS on it. What would you >>> like >>> to do? >>> >>> - Erase Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS and reinstall >>> Warning: This will delete all your Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS programs, >>> documents, photos... >>> - Install Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS alongside Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS >>> Documents, music, and other personal files will be kept. You can >>> choose >>> which operating system... >>> - Erase disk and install Ubuntu >>> - Something else >>> =========================================================== >>> >>> Perhaps, "Install Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS alongside Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS" is >>> the >>> safest ? >>> >>> >> It's easy to do a reinstall without wiping documents and application >> configurations/settings PROVIDING you have a separate / (root) and /home >> partition. >> >> During partition you select Manual partitioning and assign the existing >> partitions being VERY careful to NOT format the existing /home. >> >> But / where the OS and all applications reside will need to be >> formatted/deleted/overwritten. > > I guess I can do something like... > > $ dpkg --get-selections \* | awk '{print $1}' > ~/package_list > $ cat ~/package_list | sudo xargs -l1 aptitude reinstall > > to reinstall packages that were installed after installing Ubuntu. > > There ought to be a way to just reinstall the graphics subsystem rather > than > an all-or-none installation approach. >
Sure glad I did not reinstall Ubuntu. Whew!! > >> >> Keeping the configuration on your /home might cause the old error to be >> included in the new install... >> >> Although, you error seems to be the system, not the applications. > > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
